How to Hit a Baseball (A Book About Life Disguised as a Book About Hitting)

Hitting is hard. Life is harder. Clint Hurdle teaches you how to step up to both.

In How to Hit a Baseball: A Book About Life Disguised as a Book About Hitting, Clint Hurdle turns the batter's box into a classroom for life. A 10-year major leaguer and 2013 NL Manager of the Year, he led the Rockies to the 2007 World Series and ended the Pirates' 21-year playoff drought. Drawn from 50-plus years in the game, Hurdle turns diamond wisdom into enduring truth.

Across five parts, each phase of an at-bat—when you get in the box, when you swing, when you miss, when you connect, and when the game is over—doubles as a lesson in showing up, leading well, and getting back up.

Readers will find:

• A decade of stories from his major league playing career, starting with a Sports Illustrated cover calling him “This Year’s Phenom”
• Lessons on being present, setting a real foundation, and committing fully—because a half-swing is worse than a miss
• 17 seasons managing the Rockies and the Pirates, 212 decisions in one day, and why asking for help is a strength
• Batter's-box basics turned life tools, from "effortless power, not powerless effort" to a two-word reset for your worst day: "Shower well"
• Warmhearted, straight storytelling, from a leader who coached over 3,600 major league games and who reaches over 11,000 daily email subscribers

Written for anyone who has ever taken a swing at something that mattered, How to Hit a Baseball is a funny, honest, big-hearted guide to perseverance, resilience, and personal growth. Keep showing up. Keep throwing the ball back.

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